Leisurely start this morning to enjoy our lovely gourmet continental breakfast. Our first stop was Albany's Anzac Memorial atop Mt Clarence, one of the two mounts between which Albany is straddled (Mt Melville is the other). Not only an amazing location with great 360 degree views over the town, the port and Princess Royal Harbour and waterways- but an incredibly majestic, serene and sombre memorial. Quite moving. Albany was the embarkation point for Australian troops in WWI and for many their last view of Australia.

Cruised back down the hill and on to the 5km long perfectly white sandy Middleton Beach with Emu Point at the end of the promontory jutting out into the sound. Lovely spot for our morning coffee! Headed back up the hill into town stopping at lookouts enroute then on to the Torndirrup National Park area along Frenchman Bay Road. This is a long narrow peninsula with many natural attractions. Firstly the immense boulders of Cable Beach (and we were no where near Broome!)- spectacular; the Natural Bridge and The Gap - carved from ancient granite by the forces of nature; the blowholes - a series of cracks in the granite which make loud hissing noises and spurt water when large waves are forced through( unfortunately, despite the significantly arduous trek, we only heard the hissing !!) We checked out Stony Hill before visiting the Whaling Station - had a wander around and a bowl of soup for lunch in the cafe but decided against doing the tour. We were more interested in finding a nearby beach called... Goode Beach!!! Unreal! Little semi- suburban settlement with a quite delightful beautiful white sand beach!! Have to pass this on to the rest of the family !!

Our next stops were Salmon Holes (named after salmon looking for calm waters close to the beach), Misery Beach, then attacked the couple of quite strenuous uphill kms of Isthmus Hill - part of Flinders Peninsula. The views were exceptionally spectacular! Pushed on a little further, as we were advised, the start of the Bald Hill 16km walk, till we could get a complete view of the narrowness of the isthmus - amazing! Walk back down much less strenuous and ended our boot camp session for the day!

We were happy to return to town and visit the "Brig Amity" - a full scale replica of the original that sailed from Sydney and landed in Princess Royal Harbour in 1836. You can go onboard and witness the cramped conditions experienced!

Was pleasant to wander around town for a short while before returning to Dunmoylen for a drink before dinner - tonight was a restaurant not too far from home called Dylans -very pleasant.